Gonabad Saffron registered in FAO cultural heritage

Rome, Dec 22, IRNA – Gonabad saffron production system which is based on Qanat has been registered as 55th system of agricultural heritage by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It was the third agricultural heritage of Iran which has been registered in FAO. Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems” (GIAHS) has started work since 2002 aiming […]

Celebrating the globalization of “subterranean saffron farming system”

The celebration of the globalization of the “subterranean saffron cultivation system” of Gonabad city with the focus on Sano village has been registered as the fifty-fifth most important world agricultural heritage system “GIAHS” and the third agricultural heritage of Iran in the FAO. The celebration of the globalization of the “aqueduct-based saffron cultivation system” in […]